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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Scamming and Hacking

Hiya Jammers, MisterChunkybuddy here! This is a random post which will hopefully help you to keep your rares safe. Grab your popcorn!
There are lots of jammers out there in Jamaa who want to get other´s item. Some do so by tricking them into giving them. These jammers are called scammers. These are some types of scam:

The contest scam

These contests never end. They last forever and at the end the winner is never announced. The best way to avoid this scam is just not taking part in these contests.

The decline all trades scam

These people just say they decline all trades. Obviosly, when you trade them a pawsome rare they change their minds and accept.

The two trades scam

To explain about this scam, I will tell you a story:

Ainoa18 was roaming around in summer 2012. He suddenly saw a bunny with Non Member Bat Wings at the Summer Carnival. That has always been his dream item, so he asked the bunny what for them. The bunny was called crazycomebacksoon. Crazycomebacksoon told Ainoa18 "My dream item is yellow tail armor. I will trade the wings for yellow tail armor." Just then, incredibly quickly, a seal named hihihi12123 appeared. He had a yellow tail armor. "Do you want to trade for my tail armor?" he asked Ainoa18. Ainoa18 said yes, and hihihi12123 went to his den to see what items he wanted for the tail. Hihihi12123 finally chose a rocking horse, gecko banner, first birthday cake and candy basket. Ainoa18 did the trade, thinking he would get the wings. He found crazycomebacksoon and aked to do the trade. But crazycomebacksoon ran away! A while later, we discovered that crazycomebacksoon and hihihi12123 were the same person! So Ainoa18 had been scammed by only one person. And was left with a tail armor, about twenty times less rare than the items he had traded for it.

Sad, I know :C. But this story has a happy ending. A few days ago I got Nonmember Bat Wings and traded them to Ainoa18. And in case you´re wondering, the tail armor is actually the one on my member outfit. XD

So the moral of this story and the way of preventing this scam is: Only do one trade at a time.

The New Item scam

This scam is quite frequent. It has happened to me two times, and consists on, when a rare comes out, trading it to someone who doesn´t know it has been resold. It can also happen when scammers trade new items to other jammers pretending the new items are betas.To prevent it, you must always beware were someone offers you an unknown item, and be sure to check the shops or an updates blog every day to make sure you know what the new item is.

The Betting scam

Lots of jammers in Jamaa enjoy betting. Each jammer bets an item, they both play a buddy game, and whoever loses has to send the item they had betted to the other jammer. This can be very fun, fut you have to be honest. Some jammers bet with someone who trusts them, and get items. But when they lose, they run away. This happened to me with a friends I trusted >_<
To prevent this scam, you must be honest when betting (otherwise others wont be with you) and only bet with people you trust. I have a group of friends that like betting and are honest, and it is very fun to bet with them! (Although some of them are really hard to beat. Are you reading this, Kinyonga? XD)

There are loads more, but those are some types of scam. Now for hacking.
As everyone knows, hacking is when someone gets into another persons account without permission, ussually to get their rares. There are only two ways with which someone can hack you:

If they know your password.

If they manage to get into your parent account.

The best way to avoid the first one is very simple: Have a difficult to guess password and, of course, never tell it to anyone.
To avoid the second one, the best thing to do is ask your parents to make sure their parent account´s password is really hard to guess, and preferably, don´t tell anyone your parent´s email.
Here is a list of things you can do to protect your account from getting hacked:

Change your password to a very safe one, with both letters and numbers.

Get your parents to change their parent account passowrd to a safer one.

If you are going on vacation or won´t log in in a long time for some reason, get your parents to disable your account using the parent dashboard. If your account is disabled no one can go into it, and the only way to get it back to normal is using the parent dashboard. That meand that, hopefully, no one will be able to go into your account even if they know the password. When you want to log in again, simply get your parents to enable your account.

Yes, what I don´t get is just why people scam. I know they want rares, but seriously, don´t they stop to think how the person they have hacked/scammed feels? The first time I ever saw a scam was before the trading system came out, back in 2012. I was hanging out in Sarepia Forest, and I saw a bunny with a fox hat. (Remember, back then, fox hats were incredibly rare and really wanted.) Then a wolf (Please note, this is a real story, I am not trying to use the stheryotype that bunnies are always cute and kind persons, and wolfs are mean scammers) came and asked what for the fox hat. The bunny said "Sorry, but it is my favourite item and I will never trade it" So the wolf answered "Hum, your fpx hat is orange. If you want, you can send it to me and I will send you back a blue one" I told the bunny "Don´t send it! He will keep your hat! But the bunny had already sent it :(-MisterChunkybuddy

I have a true story too : I was walking around jamaa looking for fun and i noticed 2 jammers going in one of the phantom vortexes (this was around holloween, a thing i dont celebrate) one was an artic wolf with some super rare items anothe was a bunny with full phantom armor, the disturbing thing was that the bunny was new jammer, and by looks of it, he/she was prodding the artic wolf to get in the vortex. i followed in and saw a bunch of jammers with rares and tons of others dressed as Fman... the thing i noticed most, was that on all the Fmen that were there, they had incredibly rare items and betas, thaty all was new jammers too! Conspirecy?! i got the names of one of them though... KewlGuy101F... a possible Fman acount... he was dressed differently then the rest... so of course hes the one i clicked on... then i got out of there as soon as i could...

I got scam about 5 times now,The first and second were rare short wrists, they were my first ones,third was my birthday item and a rare golden headphone, hacked by my best friend who i could trust,fourth was a rare white bow, basketball, melons, and rare stone chair,fifth was nr rasperry bow, i cant trust anyone now, not even my friends that i have been with for years, im trying to stop scams,even my friends want to scam me, its sad, but what do we do?,its how this game is now,rares,betas,scam,bully,hack,just like how our world is like now anymore,trying to be comfort as possible before death.

the only way i have ever been scammed i don't even know if you call it a scam but i sorta do its people are being mean to me and say they will stop if i give them a rare and also once i gave someone a diamond ring which isn't even a rare so that they could turn it in for gems and buy the bunny because they said they "really" wanted to be in my movie but they had to be a bunny but they never turned it in and put up some huge fuss when i said if they aren't going to use it to give it back soo.. idk if thats even a scam or not the other one two people where being mean and i said i would give them 2 rares if they stoped and they said rares first and they never stoped.. :I

wait there was one other time when i got hacked this is why not to EVER tell your pass to anyone not even your BFFokay so my friend in RL (real life) asked for my password and i was pretty new to the whole online gaming thing and she was the one who showed me animal jam and everything.. and she also did give me her password for mine but i never used it.. also because i cant even remember what it was and i didn't think it was her so anyways yea and i changed it like 7 times before i changed it to this one that was so long she would never remember it and i myself could barly remember it i had it written down inside my desk then she gave up trying to get my pass and i changed it back to something easier ^-^but.. she still got a lot of stuff i guess if i hadn't been hacked i would be really really rare right now heres the things that got taken

1. blue carpet (my all time favortie flooring)

2. 4 foxhats

3. 2 lava gloves

4. a worn

and a lot more things but other then her hacking me on AJ shes really nice in real life and she the reason i know about a lot of my favortie things ^-^

i don't know if this is scamming, but one of my buddies on AJ kept begging me and begging me for my blue rare worn. Eventually, i traded it to her and after that she left my den and went elsewhere. i totally regret that! i loved that blue rare worn!

I used to bet with ya i lost my blue top hat to you your really good i wish you did not unbuddy me i was loveonedirection1d1d1dthen i changed my user to NeonDragonGirl i would love if you can add me agin =D

My cousin has been hacked so many times that I'm starting to wonder if she's hacking herself! Her rare bow has been taken 3 times, her tail has been taken twice, and she just lost her lava glove, legend, and headdress! And of course, I had to get everything for her. -.-

I am myth25 a good AJ. I want to stop scamming... My spike and my 4 party hats got scammed and I have try so hard to get them back. .Kangaroos have been scamming me recently and have been showing off their new animal "kangaroo". and it has really been bugging me. I have try so hard 2 stop scamming and.. it was to late.. They got scammed and the people who scam.. keep new stuff and just keep on at it.. I have howled some coments to stop preventing scamming and its NOT a good thing.

Hi! Im Z112903 here! My blue spiked collar and many other good things got scammed and my red pirate sword got hacked! I want to join the Scam Busters club so I can help stop scammers scamming and hacking helpless people! Thanks! It would mean so much if I could join! Z112903 ~Thx BOOO SCAMMERS AND HACKERS YOLO :) ~Aj

Mrchunkybuddy, I was going to ask you if you help me, I got scammed recently by one person doing the send scam, I finally caught his username, and found out later on that he kept on hacking me and taking one rare at a time so I would not notice. My computer is messed up, so I can't change my pass, and he keeps taking my stuff. I am asking you if you could help me in any way possible. P.S. the scammers user was geotown.

Yeah, someone scammed me by flashing Bat Wings a couple of times, then traded regular wings for my old Viking. I'll admit, I was a little stupid to fall for that, but the dude said he was going to trade the Scary Bat Wings. Nowadays, Scary Bat wings aren't worth Viking helmets. So, even if he did trade the scary bats, he would have undertraded.

ok. I will report GREENCARD immediadtly. and if u wanna buddy me I am pikachu5343

I know what its like to be scammed and hacked and I understand from what ur saying that GREENCARD should be suspended from animal jam everyday. all u need to do is report her everyday and block her as well.people..... REPORT GREENCARD!

HAPPYLUCKYKITTEN well guys i have been hacked it was really heartbraking i have fox hats and lots of rare well never trust people trying to scam I HOPED THE PEOPLE WHO GOT SCAMMED LEARNT A LESSON NEVER TO TRUST SOMEONE SAYING ` BEST TRADE WINS BLACK SPIKE ( LONG ) ' WELL REPORT SCAMMERS AND BLOCK IF U THINK IT IS NECCESARY Guyz

that was great! i really want to join scam busters now my email is karenwang89@yahoo.com also you can get more scam info and just ask questions if you need. thx again! btw, what misterchinkybuddy is saying is true

I have had a way with scams in the past then I went to my den I saw a jammer in my den saying I want to try your bow an arrows I said fine then he ran off that's when I was done scamming I never scammed again!by : gsleeder

Hi im animallover11934 I have a in real life who got hacked and she thought it was me! I hadn't done it I had a lot of new stuff though since I had just gotton new membership and gems so I spent them. She still thinks it was me but it wasn't we are still friends I just posted this to let ppl know that friends wont hack u if they r true friends!

hello i love your blog its amazing and i love your stories they are very good and inspiring if you would like to add me in snclr1 i love animal jam i have played it since like the beginning we all rule i know im crazy

Thank you! Once my spiked collar was scammed, and it really upset me. This scammer was the one who says "Whoever trades me best gets my entire trade list!" I told her i would report her if it was a scam. She said it wasn't and of course, she accepted my offer. Now i can't get another spiked collar for another month or so.I sure hope these scammers are stopped soon.

Sadly, I wasn't able to stop her. She locked her den before i could report her. She was a non member light blue wolf with a puple bow. I don't remember her name though.. If you do see her, tell me in a jammagram. My username is Serenitywolf123. and i normally play as a pink fox. I hope someone finds her. I want my rare spike back. :(

One of my best friends got scammed, the person took all of her items! My friend had to recreate her whole account. The person who scammed her was a wolf that had a light purple body and a pink bow , she was also a non-member . If you see her ,send me a jama-gram my user is skidmark1234.Her user i don't remember but it was something like flexa something i forgot the rest of it. Bye and good luck.

Oh no i just got scammed they took all of my rares. I had 12 rares.It was a whole crowd that she scammed. I got her user, just in case things went south . Her user is Saraheh3. Please report her she is a pink Arctic Wolf.

Ok tiger2446 is a scammer she scammed my golden bow please report her she looks very friendly but don't get fooled by it all she wants is your items once she asked me am I quitting I said no and she turned very mad at me then she said she was poor so can I give her a rare

my best friend gets hacked by some one who knows her password regularly and she was rare now look at Znon 152 den and clothes: nothing! the scammer is bossanation but I will not comment my user or hse will report me

Me:MISTER CHUNKY BUDDY?!?! him: yes?? me: I ALMOST GOT SCAMMED!! him:what did you almost get scammed from a trade?? me:NO!! him:then what was it??me: when i was trying to get a 100 diamond code it made me skip the ad after 5 seconds AND they made me download an app on my computer but i refused to download. him: that's a total scam!! This is a job for... THE SCAM BUSTERS!! me: good. my user is sabrina04009 if u feel bad for me.

PLUS I WANNA MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT HOW PEOPLE SHOULD NOT SCAM AND THING ARE BAD NOW THESE DAYS WITH SCAMMERS RUINING ARE RARES ARE BETAS I WANT TO STOP THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think that openthegifttrustme is a scammer. I'm not sure, but i want to play it safe. I mean, just look at the username! Don't see it? open-the-gift-trust-me. Isn't that how people scam you? by gifting? Idk, he may be innocent. Just playing it safe.

hullo everyone its Alicez123 I got scammed recently What was scammed1.Howl plaque2. Gecko plushie ( my fav item :( )3. Feathered mask4.Long black spike collar ( also one of my fav items )I forgrot there user and I have been hacked before and I dont know by who.My computer so old and I cant change my pass. Please somebody help!

Well... when i was playing about 2 days ago, the next day when i got home from school My account was deleted.. I didn't even do anything.. so now i am trying to get a new membership cause my back up member account was suspended by my brother ):l I hate my brother sometimes lol

thanks Mr chunky buddy. you totally saved my little bunny tail from some quite unsavory characters. i have one more scammer to add though." the borrower" will ask to brow a rare item, or " just want to see how it looks on them" and then take off without so much as a thank you, while you stand there, just wondering what happened.thanks againblueberry33336

Some MEAN MEAN Jammers:1.WolfTier1-Scammed,Suspended, and finnaly banned :( autumn6112. (a whole team of scammers)1. Babyenderman- Probably worst scammer, scammed snowlow1232. Laurawantstoplay- She scaled snowlow123 (snowlow123 user belongs to laughingspiritgirl) along with babyenderman.3. Coolanimal37- Joined the team when he gave snowlow123 a pair of socks and then he ''missed'' them and wanted them back.

Feed from a friend (sorry she didn't want me to add her u/name) that used to play with snowlow123 too.

IVE LOST ALL OF MY IDEMS BECAUSE OF FREAKING FMAN ALL I HAD TO DO WAS SAY MY EMAIL AND HE KNEW I HAD FREE CHAT IVE LOST ALL MY RARES AND SPIKES DIAMONDS GEMS BECAUSE OF FMAN NEVER TRUST SOMEONE WHO KEEPS YOU FOR HOSTAGES. OR SOMEONE WHO IS A STRANGER! YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY: STRANGER DANGER!NOW MY COMPUTER IS STUCK IN CAPS LOCK!

FOR MORE INFO; GO TO ME IN ANIMAL JAM MY ACOUNT IS: iamawesomeandpretty6

DEAR LAILA you need to SHUT UPyou are not awesome, so BE QUITE ABOUT YOURSELF AND TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE! ( P.S. I know Laila's email and we argued ALOT and she kept on braging and showing off and it got really boring and annoying. nothing bad )

So, all of you know what comments you shouldn´t do, but here´s a reminder:1- No comments on unappropiate subjects. Remember there are jammers of all ages looking at this.2- You can advertise your blog if you want, I have no problem with it.3- Only visit the blog if you like it. (What is the point in visiting it otherwise?)4-There are loads of spam comments. (Robotic, authomatic advertisements) Just ignore them, ok?5-Sorry if I take ages to reply, I am busy and there are a lot of comments.Also, if you don´t have a blogger profile, it would be nice if you included your username, so people know who you are.Happy Commenting!-MisterChunkybuddy.